I can’t quite see myself writing them. But the memory of how it happened is crystal and clear. When I was almost 20 years old, I wrote a song called “Sparkling Salvation.” It wasn’t a great song. But the melody was nice. I can hear it in my head, right now, as I write about the experience. And I can remember the feeling I had the day I wrote it.
It was also crystal and clear.
Or, in a word, pure. Yep, that’s the feeling. And I wanted to describe purity. So, I used things that sparkle to help verbalize my feeling. Blinking away tears, a china set, children’s eyes.They all had a special meaning for me at that time. So I put them in the lyrics. I never recorded the song. But, as I said, I can still hear the melody right now. So, who knows? Maybe I’ll get around to it. Better be soon, though. I ain’t gettin’ any younger.
If you’re a Christian, how would you describe your feeling of hope and expectation for what’s to come? Write to me and let me know. In the meantime, here’s the much younger Tony’s crystal and clear rhyme and reason about…
Sparkling Salvation
Look to the clouds in the sky.
Blink all the tears from your eyes.
See how salvation arrives.
At last the moment draws nigh.
Think quick…everybody think clear.
No more living in fear.
See now that Heaven is here.
As we are here it is here.
Break out the china for tea.
Let’s talk of the lives we’re to live
And remember the one special rule
That in order to take we must give.
Children’s eyes sparkle today.
What better thing can we say
Than that they have chosen the one right Way
And made our eyes sparkle, too?
© 1974 & 2024
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